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Competition and cooperation in the natural gas market: a game-theoretic demand-base analysis 天然气市场的竞争与合作:博弈论需求基础分析

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-021-00615-5

Youngho Chang, Dang Thi Quynh Trang, Tsiat Siong Tan, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary

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引用次数: 6

The impact of infrastructure on trade in Central Asia 基础设施对中亚贸易的影响

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-021-00613-7

Kamalbek Karymshakov, Burulcha Sulaimanova

引用次数: 6

Financial and trade relationships between the Eurozone and China in the age of resilience 弹性时代的欧元区与中国的金融和贸易关系

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-021-00619-1

Alessandro Del Ponte, Paolo Canofari, Audrey De Dominicis

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引用次数: 2

The EU and China: talk to each other or talk across each other 欧盟和中国:要么彼此对话，要么相互对话

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-021-00612-8

Jing Men

引用次数: 2

China’s impact on the European Union’s Arctic policy: critical junctures, crossovers, and geographic shifts 中国对欧盟北极政策的影响:关键节点、交叉和地理转移

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-021-00605-7

Reinhard Biedermann

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引用次数: 2

The Saami and the Karen — common experience and differences: a comparative perspective 萨米人与克伦人——共同经历与差异:比较视角

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-021-00620-8

Agnieszka Szpak, Maria Ochwat

引用次数: 0

The China–EU relation and media representation of China: the case of British newspaper’s coverage of China in the post-Brexit referendum era 中欧关系与中国媒体代表性——以脱欧公投后英国报纸对中国的报道为例

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-21 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-021-00611-9

Qingning Wang

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引用次数: 3

A comparative analysis of the role of the state in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean investment in the EU 国家在中国、日本和韩国对欧盟投资中的作用比较分析

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-21 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-021-00610-w

Bas Hooijmaaijers

引用次数: 1

First mover advantage: the United Kingdom and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 先发优势:英国和亚洲基础设施投资银行

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-13 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-021-00595-6

Edward Ashbee

引用次数: 0

The Belt-and-Road Initiative as a paradigm change for European Union-China security cooperation? The case of Central Asia “一带一路”倡议是中欧安全合作的典范变革?以中亚为例

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Asia Europe Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10308-021-00606-6

Benjamin Barton

引用次数: 2